I have a development app that I'd like to change the app's display name and change/add the default display icon (for ios phone). I'm being careful since I do not want to re-do any of the certificate/provisioning. I current have my demo app loaded on my phone with it's default name/ launch icon.
CHANGING DISPLAY NAME:
Other posts indicate this may be as simple as changing the bundle display name defined in the myfilename-info.plist file, that can be modified in a drop down menu/list, and is located in the Supporting File folder (XCode 6). Right now it shows Bundle Display Name is ${PRODUCT_NAME}. Should I edit this file/entry and which format should be used? There is also a Bundle Identifier in the file/list but I'm guessing I should not touch that.
CHANGING LAUNCH ICON:
I'd like to change the launcher icon. I saw an old post for XCode 4 but I wanted to check how to do it with XCode 6.
Thanks for the help! I'm being cautious so I do not mess up my provisioning/certification that I've already been working with on this project.
For the bundle display name, you have mentioned that correct. Just change ${PRODUCT_NAME} with your required name in info.plist and save the file
For Launch Icon you can use xcassets and just drag the drop the images
just create a new set first and start drag drop
NOTE: No need to redo the provisioning and certification process
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I am trying to put a space in my app name (standalone sticker pack) in Xcode 8. The solutions I've seen on here are to change the Product Name (in packaging) or to change the "Bundle Display Name".
I've changed the product name and that hasn't worked (I cleaned, rebuilt, reset content and settings in simulator and logged out of xcode, logged back in and rebuilt app).
I can't see "Bundle Display Name" anywhere. Should I add it and if so, how do I do that?
I've read the thread How to change the name of an iOS app? and done the suggestions, but it's still showing in simulator and testflight without the space. Have I missed something?
Steps:
1. Open project Info.
2. Add a property Bundle display name into Custom iOS Target Properties. (as "Key")
3. Enter the display name, that will be shown on iPhone/iPad screen under an app icon. (as "Value")
It's my solution that works properly. Also you should delete previously installed app and reinstall it.
Just go to Target -> General -> In Identity -> Display Name. By default, it has your app display name which is unhighlighted. Enter here your new app display name.
There are two ways to change app display name.
Solution 1:
Goto Targets -> General Tab -> Identity section
In this you’ll find Display Name field where you set app display name.
Solution 2:
Bundle Display Name property is not present by default in Info.plist. You need to explicitly add this property.
Below image shows how to add this property.
Note: If still this new name is not reflected in your app then delete app and install it again.
When creating a new project, Xcode uses the Product Name by default. You can just change that in your Build Settings, even setting separate names for your schemes.
After changed Bundle display name make a Clean of project.
Change the Bundle Display Name (CFBundleDisplayName) in your Info.plist file
Check if you have any localization (InfoPlist.strings) files, and change the corresponding CFBundleDisplayName values in those files to the localized values.
That's it.
Goto Info.plist and add "Bundle display name" and set your rename in value box make sure the Bundle display name type is a string run the project automatically it will be changed
For xcode 9.3, Goto Targets, Build Settings, under packaging change Produce Name. See below screen shot
After this if it not changed, clean product to reopen X code.
I successfully uploaded my app on Xamarin forms but after it was uploaded I received this in an email from apple:
"Missing required icon file. The bundle does not contain an app icon for iPad of exactly 167x167 pixels, in .png format ."
So it wants an image in my resources file I suppose (not in info.plist icons as they are not asking for 167x there) but should I name it: Icon-83.5#2x.png or Icon-174.png?
Go to xcode > select Images.xcassets > check ipad from the right menu at the top right > you will get new set of dimensions, now it's easy as fill your new app icons for each dimension.
I've had this particular problem in the last couple of days.
The iPad icon didn't show within the Info.plist and kept giving the warning you're getting right now.
My fix was to manually add the icon Icon-83.5#2x.png to the resources folder ( as Prashant pointed out ) and add this to the Info.plist:
<key>CFBundleIconFiles</key>
<array>
<string>Icon-40.png</string>
<string>Icon-40#2x.png</string>
<string>Icon-40#3x.png</string>
<string>Icon-60#2x.png</string>
<string>Icon-60#3x.png</string>
<string>Icon-76.png</string>
<string>Icon-76#2x.png</string>
<string>Icon-83.5#2x.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small-40.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small-40#2x.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small#2x.png</string>
<string>Icon-Small#3x.png</string>
</array>
I used to work with Asset Catalog but I couldn't get it to work with the iPad Pro icon.
For the forum post Andres mentioned in the comments:
Rename the 167x167 icon file to Icon-83.5#2x.png, place it in the Resources folder, and make sure it has a build action of BundleResource.
See https://developer.xamarin.com/guides/ios/application_fundamentals/working_with_resources/ for information about setting BundleResource option.
XCODE 13 2022
In my case, the problem was default AppIcon is deprecated, then we need to use a new App Icon standard. As I publish apps to iPhone and iPad I need all the necessary icons. (This issue no appear when you check only one device(iPhone or iPad))
Go to Xcode >Images.xcassets> And select your App Icon from the assets list.
Right-click on there, You can now see a menu list like that
Select iOS>New iOS App Icon
Then you can find now a new "AppIcon" asset named "AppIcon-1"
There is a difference to "AppIcon" because It has more icons options(iPad icons size)
Remove "AppIcon" (OLD)
Rename your "AppIcon-1" to "AppIcon"
Now you can put the missing icon size.
Xcode 14.1 (14B47b)
You're getting this error because you have checked the iPad option. In my case, I had been developing my app on Xcode 13.x and then after the new version of Xcode 14.x I got this error.
So on Xcode 14 there is no need to create app icons in various versions and put them inside Images.xcassets, just follow the steps:
Click on the Images:
Then try to press + and choose iOS App icon:
You will see it got changed by comparing it to the previous version, it only accepts one and only one 1024x png image.
Now, clean your last build and build your app again.
But if still you want to use the previous version, you can click on AppIcon and then after choosing it, open the right panel of Xcode:
Then by choosing All sizes you would be able to see the previous version set.
I use Visual Studio 2017 on a Windows machine with a MacBook connected to it. I have an Asset Catalog called images that contains an image set called AppIcons where I have posted all of the various required image sizes. I was getting the same error as medvedo except I was getting three errors for 3 different images sizes (2 for ipad and 1 for ipod as I recall) After a lot of searching I found the solution was to reference the Asset Catalog in the Info.plist file.
First I had to find the path that Xamarin was putting my asset catalog in. I did that by deploying the app to the MacBook and then using Finder I went to the Go menu and chose the Library folder (earlier in the day I Googled how to show hidden folders on the Mac) In the Library folder I found the Caches folder and in that I found Xamarin/mtbs/builds/myappname There I found that the folder was Images.xcassets/AppIcons.appiconset. I say all of this knowing that it might always be in that folder but I had to look it up so I thought I would share in case it changes from installation to installation.
Once I knew the path and name I was able to add the following to my Info.plist file inside of branch
XSAppIconAssets
Images.xcassets/AppIcons.appiconset
FYI - I have built and deployed this app to iTunes at least 4 times over the previous 8 months. I am not sure what I did, if anything, to cause the error to pop up.
After trying many things, this is how I fixed the "Missing required icon" error messages:
Go to Solution->ProjectName.iOS->Asset Catalogs->Assets.
See "AppIcons" there? We are going to delete it, BUT FIRST! Find that same folder in your project files and copy it somewhere safe. Now, delete the AppIcons asset in the project. Also delete the "Assets" catalog.
ProjectName.iOS right click select 'Clean'. Go to physical project folder. Delete the "bin" and "obj" folders. Find the empty "Assets.xcassets" folder and delete it as well.
ProjectName.iOS->Asset Catalogs right click select "Add Asset Catalog". It should automatically add an "AppIcons" entry. Go through and set each of the image sizes, pointing to where you copied your images. They will automatically be copied to the Assets.xcassets folder. They will also generate hidden entries in the ProjectName.iOS.csproj file that will include the image in the final binary. The entries look like this:
<ImageAsset Include="Assets.xcassets\AppIcons.appiconset\1024.png">
<Visible>false</Visible>
</ImageAsset>
Edit Info.plist. Set the App Icons Source to "AppIcons".
ProjectName.iOS right click, select "Rebuild". ProjectName.iOS right click, select "Archive". Archive Manager > Distribute > App Store. Verify certificate. Enter Apple login name and App-Specific password to upload. Done!
If you are still facing issue with all the above process steps performed correctly.
Then please check you are logged into appstore connect using your browser and then try to publish it will and work.
If you do not want the app to be available for ipad and getting the same error just uncheck ipad from runner properties below version number
I'm trying to change my app name which is displayed with icon on my device's home screen in iOS.
Every post says this can be done by changing string in "Bundle display name" in App's Info.list file.
But it didn't work for me. I've changed my "project name","target name" and "This Bundle display name". None of these helped me.
When I check the bundle display name on running app with following code it shows the updated name. But the app name is still remained.
NSLog(#"APP NAME : %#",[[[NSBundle mainBundle] infoDictionary] objectForKey:#"CFBundleDisplayName"]);
BTW, My app has been created around 4-5 years ago and I've been trying to change the app name recently.
Can you guys help me? It doesn't matter any possible solution or suggestion.
Please let me know if you guys need more information.
Thanks.
You can change the name of the App displaying in Home Screen by changing the Bundle Display Name in Info.plist or if you need to change the Build product name then change
Target -> Build Settings -> Packaging -> Product Name.
Refer below image:
Suppose that if you want to install same app again with different name then change bundle id.
Info.plist-> Bundle name replace completely with your desired it works when you run the app.
This is how I do it in Xcode7:
Click tour project in Project navigator
Open the utilities tab (on the right side) and change the name
Wizzard will appear
Click rename. Done.
It's always a good practice to make backup somehow (git or project snap shoot) before renaming project :)
I am currently using xcode 5.1
I have successfully changed an app's name before using the same steps described this SO Question.
But for some reason I am having trouble right now. Usually, I have experienced this same screen. but this time when I changed the name it did not fully change everything.
When I view my project's targets, the old app name is still being used. If I clean and build my project, it will show the old name very quickly in the "progress bar" up at the top of xcode.
If I look at my project's supporting files folder, the plist still has the old app name ie. old-app-name-Info.plist
So far I have manually changed the project name, changed the bundle identifier, changed the Product Name in the Build Settings, and changed the name of the Scheme. I don't know what else to do.
The app now has the correct name when I run it on the simulator or on my iPhone, but the old app name is still being used throughout various areas in project folder's, xcode settings, etc.
I just want to fully change everything that use's the old app's name and make them use the new app name.
EDIT: Here's another example. If I go to the File Inspector tab the correct name is shown for the project, but if I go to the Issue Navigator tab it shows the old app name at the very top.
What do I need to do to change everything over?
This ended up finally changing it for me.
I went to the Project Navigator tab in xcode and clicked on my project. I then double clicked the target that still had the old app name, changed the name to the new app name, and hit the return key.
Everything is now correct and changed to the new app name. However, I still have no idea why the SO Answer that I linked to in my question did not get the job done in the first place.
I have used that solution several times over the past 6 months and it has always worked perfectly for me so I have no idea why it did not work this time.
Open your plist file and edit bundle name and bundle display name as you want.
This should do the trick.
Simply if you want to change the application name on devices go to the info.plist file on your application and Change Bundle Name to (yourAppName)
That's work for me. (XCode 6.3.2)
I know this may be impossible but...
I just got an app approved, and everywhere (that I can see) it is capitalized correctly - it's called "Daybreak", but when you download it, the name under the icon is "daybreak". I let Xcode take care of all that naming stuff this time, so I'm not sure where it got changed, or where the app store is taking the app name from. Like I said, every where else it is correct - just not under the icon in my phone!
[EDIT] One other place it shows up lower case is in the organizer for its archive. On the left it's lower case; when selected, it's lower case in the large font at the top of the details, and upper case just below that...
[EDIT] I should mention that I'm using Xcode 4...
[EDIT] The following are from my target's info tab:
Bundle display name ${PRODUCT_NAME}
Bundle identifier com.lollygaggersoft.${PRODUCT_NAME:rfc1034identifier}
[EDIT] I was able to fix the issue by manually changing my Bundle display name to the correct capitalization and leaving the Bundle identifier alone. This worked when I submitted my update.
Look at Info tab in Target settings. There are two keys:
Bunle name -- is name of directory (followed by .app) where all program stuff are kept.
Bundle display name -- is wat you exactly need, it is the name that will be displayed in SpringBoard
It's common to set both bundle name and bundle display name to ${PRODUCT_NAME}, than set field "Product name" in project Build settings to whatever you want
PS In organizer you see bundle name in small fond and bundle display name in large font.
PPS AFAIK you need to upload another version to appstore in order to change display name.